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Articles 5621 through 5720 of 31829:
- Asean Asks Wto Members To Revive Doha Negotiations (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Asean today called on WTO members, especially its major players, to try and revive the Doha Development Round negotiations before the end of 2006.
- Indian Activists Plan Coca-Cola, Pepsi Blockades (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
An Indian environmental group said on Wednesday it would temporarily paralyse the supply of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products in the country after another group said it had found dangerous levels of pesticides in their drinks.
- India Deflects Tamil Calls To Mediate In Sri Lanka (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 24, 2006)
Their black gowns flapping in the traffic, scores of Indian lawyers form a "human chain" around the red-brick court building while other protesters burn Sri Lankan flags or stage symbolic fasts.
- Now They Check What We're Thinking (Hindu, Kathryn Hughes, Aug 23, 2006)
Forget sharp objects and hair gel; our private emotions are now up for grabs at airport check-ins.
- Democracy Wrestles With Clerical Authority (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 23, 2006)
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits.
- Frenzy On The Waterfront (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
A willing suspension of rational thinking
We are witnessing a crisis of rationality in the country’s financial capital. And the contradictions in the nation’s psyche may not have appeared so stark had the weekend frenzy on the waterfront not . . .
- 11 Terror Plot Suspects Produced In Court (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Amid tight security, 11 people charged in the terror plot to blow up US-bound planes from the UK were today produced before a city magistrate and remanded to custody.
- Fixing Leaks Can Avert World Water Woes: Expert (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Fixing leaky pipes in conurbations from Mexico City to New Delhi is a better way to avert water shortages as the world population grows than costly schemes such as dams, a leading expert said.
- Upswing In Europe (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
The 12 countries that share a common currency, the euro, in the European Union (comprising 25 states) are in the midst of an economic upswing, and the 0.9 per cent GDP growth for the second quarter ended June — the strongest output in . . .
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 23, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- It Was Congress' Battle Cry Against British: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi deplored the "narrow partisan attitude" of the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of "Vande Mataram," pointing out that long before the BJP was born the Congress had used the national song as a . . .
- Is It A Road To Self-Reliance? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
Non-proliferation aspects are vital for the US and hence they get priority in the pact.
- Modi’S Thesis On Muslims (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Aug 23, 2006)
Many common Indians have been congratulating themselves on the fact that the recent Mumbai blasts failed to ignite a communal conflagration. It is true indeed that the terrorist strike triggered off no riots but only participation by all communities . . .
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 23, 2006)
Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- Get The Guilty (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 23, 2006)
July and August have been the cruelest months of 2006. In these two months we saw the Mumbai blasts of July 11, resurgence of killings in Kashmir, planting of bombs at London's Heathrow airport, mayhem in Sri Lanka and Israel's merciless bombing of . . .
- Happiness Industry Zeroes In On Youth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
Can happiness be bought off the shelf? Everything seems to be up for sale from free happy classes to self-help books.
- Terror Plotters Appear Before London Judge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Suspects accused in the alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners arrived in court on Tuesday for their first appearance before a judge on terrorism charges. The11 suspects arrived by police convoy to the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in . . .
- ‘Benazir Saved Aziz From Arrest In Laundering Case’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A former Pakistani minister has claimed that he had issued orders to arrest Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a money laundering case during the tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s government but she had blocked the move.
- Vande Mataram: Arjun In Line Of Fire (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Having got a pet 'nationalist' issue to attack the government with, opposition BJP on Tuesday stepped up its offensive against the UPA government on the Vande Mataram controversy in Parliament and plans to continue the campaign outside the House too.
- What’S Love Got To Do With Marriage? (Indian Express, BHAWANA SOMAAYA, Aug 23, 2006)
Death and love come unannounced...” says the patriarch in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. After centuries of poetry and innumerable songs and films serenading romance, love remains life’s biggest mystery.
- The Orphaned Shehnai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 23, 2006)
When asked about why he chose to stay on in India despite the numerous offers to play and live in America that came his way when he was younger, Ustad Bismillah Khan had several answers.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- Non-Resident Parliamentarians (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Aug 23, 2006)
On one point there is hardly any scope for doubt. Most people in this country — indeed an overwhelming majority of them — respect and rely on the higher judiciary far more than they trust any of the other institutions that comprise the republic’s . . .
- This Is About Energy, Did You Say? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 23, 2006)
While we are being treated to lullabies — that the agreement with the US is all about nuclear energy — the laws that the US Congress is passing are absolutely clear in the objectives for which the agreement is being entered into.
- Hyphenating India And Pakistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
The US has not been able to jettison its overall construct of coupling India and Pakistan together while formulating its policies regarding the sub-continent.
- Reorienting India’S Development Strategy (The Financial Express, Sumati Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
The test of progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Three Inches Of Incompetence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
The rains Karachi received on Thursday last week measured a total of 91 mm at the highest point which roughly translates into 3.5 inches.
- Not Doing Enough? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In one of the fiercest clashes since the end of 2001, US, NATO and Afghan forces battled the Taliban, killing 71 of them.
- Battling The Hiv Scourge (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 23, 2006)
A recent World Bank study estimates that about 60 per cent of the 5.5-6 million people in South Asia infected with HIV/AIDS live in India. With its concerns on the potential huge economic cost in terms of economic growth, the review provides a basis . . .
- Nasrallah’S Arsenal Of Surprises (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 23, 2006)
In the end, Ehud Olmert got more or less what he wanted. But things did not quite work out the way he expected them to, and his days as Israel’s prime minister may now be numbered.
- Why Is The Mma Hurting Over Human Rights? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 23, 2006)
The clerical alliance called the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) put on its most aggressive — almost violent — show of strength in the National Assembly when the human rights bill, defensively called the Protection of Women Bill, to amend . . .
- When Shehnai Silenced The Sitar (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Aug 23, 2006)
It was a friendly battle between shehnai and sitar. And the pipe prevailed over the string.
- Is The Backdating Fraud Big In India Too? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Aug 23, 2006)
Corporate America is in the grip of a major stock market scandal of backdated stock options Options are popular in India and there’s scope for misuse here .
- Milky Way (Tribune, Renu Bhardwaj, Aug 23, 2006)
Way back in 1995, when Ganesha obliged his devotees by drinking the milk offered to Him, I happened to be in Indonesia. “Didi, Lord Ganesha is drinking milk here in India. See if He favours you,” informed my younger sister Shobhna on phone from India.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Keeping The Ustad’S Legacy Alive (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Aug 23, 2006)
Ustad Bismillah Khan’s immediate family, citizens of the city he loved, his admirers across the world as well as the state government of Uttar Pradesh are trying in their own ways to carry on his legacy. ‘Khan Sahib’ as he was fondly called passed away on
- A Village Of Hope Comes Alive In Tsunami Land (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
It is called Nambikainallur, 'a village of hope' that several hundred tsunami victims got this week-almost two years after their homes were washed away by the Dec 26, 2004 killer waves in southern India.
- Britain Absorbs 4,27,000 Migrants (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Britain has received an estimated 4,27,000 migrants from the eight former communist states that joined the European Union in 2004, the British government announced today.
- Actual Hiv Numbers By Year-End (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The country will know the actual prevalence and number of HIV-infected people by the end of this year.
- A `Lip-Package' For Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 23, 2006)
Farmers all over the country, particularly those from Vidarbha and other regions with high incidence of suicides, were hoping that the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, would try and explain what had gone wrong with his package and . . .
- Lanka Facing Humanitarian Crisis (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A leading human rights group on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka's Government and Tamil rebels to let humanitarian aid reach tens of thousands of citizens trapped by fighting in the country's north.
- The Nation’S Not For Sale (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 23, 2006)
It is tempting to look at the substance of Manmohan Singh’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to the discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal and, in the process, forget that the prime minister’s handling of the nuclear controversy in recent weeks . . .
- Olmert’S Refusal To Talk (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2006)
Israel’s refusal to talk to Syria is in keeping with its avowed policy of relying on force rather than trying the diplomatic option. Speaking . . .
- Muslims Question Pm ‘Inaction’ (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Aug 23, 2006)
Muslim leaders who heard Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech yesterday are asking why he has been unable to act on his “good intentions”.
- Caring For The Fields Of Gold (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
The government’s zeal for industrialization must not be allowed to push agriculture and rural life into oblivion, writes Ashis Chakrabarti
Touch of indifference
No one who has known him for long would think of Sadhan Pande as the Communist . .
- Fluid Faith (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 23, 2006)
There were the same signs at roughly the same time. In September 1995, it was Ganesh alone who had been kind enough to drink out of the hands of mortals.
- The Promise Of Genetic Engineering (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
When humanity acquires new knowledge our likelihood of survival increases and our appreciation of the universe become enriched. Even if the new knowledge brings certain hazards, neither the fear of abuse nor the fear of divine retribution deters . . .
- Anfal Operation Targeted Kurd Rebels: Defendants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Defendants in the new trial of Saddam Hussein insisted on Tuesday that the military was attacking only Iranian troops and Kurdish rebels when it launched the Anfal campaign in the 1980s in which tens of thousands of Kurds were killed.
- For Better And Worse, U.S. Is A Role Model (San Francisco Chronicle, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
With his family fortune rooted in the pistachio business and his father the country's former president, Mehdi Rafsanjani is a man who is comfortable with power.
- 15 Die In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a Canadian military patrol in southern Afghanistan, wounding four soldiers as British troops killed nine suspected insurgents in the latest bout of violence to hit southern Afghanistan.
- Bereft Of Novelty (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
There are no prizes for deciphering all that Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin has said in his latest interview.
- Sri Lankans Await Aid As Us Raids Tiger Suspects (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of hungry Sri Lankan Tamils, trapped by a new bout of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military, desperately waited on Tuesday for aid to be shipped north, as suspected rebel arms procurers were arrested in the United States.
- Big Dams, Big Problems (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Aug 22, 2006)
Unregulated storage and releases have meant that Karnataka, being a lower riparian state, is always at the mercy of Maharashtra in times of drought or flood.
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- War Not Lost, It's Just Begun (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Between two schools of thought in Islam on suicide, wisdom undoubtedly is on the side that proscribes it, says Bulbul Roy Mishra .
- Mba: Needs Of The Modern Day (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
Each student comes from a different background and hence the priorities vary.
- Sense Of The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
It's a good sign that Parliament rose to the occasion and focussed attention on the nuclear deal instead of fighting on trivial issues, says CP Bhambhri.
- Us N-Deal Equates India With Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite the Bush administration claiming the nuclear deal symbolises a special relationship with New Delhi, a last-minute amendment inserted in the recently passed bill by the US House of Representatives equates India with Pakistan and directs . . .
- Saddam Back In The Dock (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Saddam Hussein opened his second trial with a show of defiance on Monday, refusing to enter a plea on charges of genocide and war crimes connected to his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.
- Little Chance Of Nuclear Compromise (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 22, 2006)
Tehran will respond to the pending European package but is unlikely to suspend enrichment under pressure. What the world must realise is sanctions will take us further from and not closer to a peaceful solution.
- Rescued From The Abyss (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 22, 2006)
In the first of a three-part analysis of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Arun Shourie argues that credibility has passed from the political class to professionals and entrepreneurs. And that the prime minister was wise to engage with the scientists’ misgivings
- Israeli Warplanes Roar Over Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Israeli warplanes roared over cities on Lebanon’s northern Mediterranean coast and in the east along the border with Syria on Monday, after the Lebanese defence minister warned rogue Palestinian rocket teams against attacking Israel and . . .
- Australia Warns Of Terror Attacks Against Pakistan Hotels (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Terrorists may be planning an attack on hotels in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the Australian Foreign Affairs Department warned on Monday. But Pakistani officials and several hotels said they had no information on such a plot.
- Second Generation Legal Reforms Vital, Says Mukesh Ambani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Huge opportunities for India as legal services would be outsourced
- The Best Always Retire (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Aug 22, 2006)
One of my long-time colleagues never watches business channels, is unconcerned about which companies create wealth, is least interested in business personalities — they’re so boring, he says.
- Why Delay The Tribal Rights Bill? (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Aug 22, 2006)
Each day that the Government delays the passage of the Bill is another day of uncertainty and insecurity for lakhs of tribls who face the terror of eviction.
- Musharraf's Remark Brings Up Awkward Question (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 22, 2006)
"Our Intelligence agencies obviously have been operating against each other"
- Hillary's Star Rising: Poll (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Hillary Clinton is finally gaining a toehold with American voters, according to a new poll that puts her almost at level pegging for the presidency with the current Republican favourite, John McCain.
- A Gold Mine Waiting To Be Tapped (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 22, 2006)
There is a large market for Hindi films in China that can be exploited.
- Dull Dogma Doesn’T A Syllabus Make (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 22, 2006)
It would be a shame if the parliamentary furore over NCERT textbooks provides yet another occasion for a display of anti-intellectualism and partisan crossfire.
- 11 Charged For `Plot' Under Britain's Terror Laws (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 22, 2006)
Scale of investigations `immense' and it will take months to sift through material, says Metropolitan Police official
- Mass Hysteria (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
Miracles are born of blind faith and insecurity.
- 59 Years: A Sense Of Insecurity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 22, 2006)
If you look at the list of people arrested after the train bombings in Mumbai you will see the names of doctors, teachers and software engineers. What further proof do we need of radicalisation of our own Muslims?
- Loud And Clear (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
Finally, Manmohan Singh has asserted himself and his position on the nuclear deal with America.
- Vande Mataram Not Must: Arjun (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Aug 22, 2006)
Human resource development minister Arjun Singh today said singing Vande Mataram is not mandatory and those who don’t want to sing it are not “unpatriotic or anti-national”, but there is no need to make a song and dance about it.
- Indian Boy Charged In Plot (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 22, 2006)
The 17-year-old youth, said to be the son of Muslim parents from India, was among 11 people charged today over the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic aircraft.
- Elusive Peace In Lebanon (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 22, 2006)
After a month of fighting in which more than 1000 people have lost their lives, resolution 1701, adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council, offers the chance of peace to Lebanon. But will it stick?
- Vaccine Pricks Hole In Health Delivery (Telegraph, G.S. Mudur, Aug 22, 2006)
The use of Chinese-made vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Indian children without prior safety tests in India amid concerns among scientists has exposed the lack of science-based decision-making in public health, medical experts have said.
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